Gavin has welcomed the Big Lottery Fund’s announcement that it will be awarding £526,149 to five worthy South Staffordshire organisations.
The Big Lottery Fund is donating the money to the Upper Sneyd Road Residents Association, the Pattingham Playing Fields Committee, the Kinver Parish Council, the Saint George’s House Charity and St. Leonard’s C.E (VC) First School.
On the funding, Gavin said: “I am delighted to see National Lottery money go to such worthy causes. These South Staffordshire organisations are all extremely deserving and I look forward to seeing how they use this funding to benefit the local community.”
The Upper Sneyd Road Residents has received £3,343, which will be used to deliver music production training workshops for young people who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET). This will provide the beneficiaries with the necessary skills and experience that will enable them to pursue further education and employment opportunities. It will also give them an opportunity to utilise their skills at community events held in the local area.
The Pattingham Playing Fields Committee has received £9,824, which will be used to improve the facility and ensure it is safe, and accessible, by those living with disabilities and the wider community.
The Kinver Parish Council has received £4,450 to extend the outdoor gym equipment, which is used by the local community. This will improve the facilities to enable more access to the outdoor equipment, providing a fitness facility for the local community.
The Saint George’s House Charity has received £498,579 to help it expand a project supporting people in Wolverhampton who are socially excluded and isolated, to acquire new skills and live healthier lifestyles. Each beneficiary will be assessed and given a support p-lan that will address urgent priorities and build in relevant skills and learning to support their engagement in the community. Weekly surgeries will be delivered, as well as advice on housing and support with accessing health services.
The final beneficiary, St. Leonard’s C.E (VC) First School, has received £9,953 to purchase IT equipment to create an ICT hub facility to be used by the whole community. This will provide the local community with access to IT, an opportunity to improve their ICT skills and enable parents to support their children’s learning an development.
The Big Lottery Fund (BIG) is responsible for distributing 40 per cent of all funds raised for good causes (about 11 pence of every pound spent on a Lottery ticket) by the National Lottery. This totals around £600 million each year.
Since June 2004, BIG has awarded over £6bn to projects supporting health, education, environment and charitable purposes. 80-90 per cent of our funding is awarded to voluntary and community sector organisations.